BARTLETT 1932

Question 1

topics

Answer 1

schema theory

Question 2

aim

Answer 2

investigate how memory is affected by cultural schemas and if memory is reconstructive.

Question 3

type

Answer 3

lab exp

Question 4

part

Answer 4

british M and F undergrad

Question 5

procedure

Answer 5

participants read an unfamiliar story called “war of ghosts”. then he uses 2 techniques:
- serial rep: one participant tells the story to another, who will tell to another…
- repeated rep: some participants recall the story multiple times over different intervals

Question 6

results

Answer 6

participants distorted the story to fit their own cult schemas by omitting info that didnt make sense to them, transforming unfamiliar concepts and shortening the story over time

Question 7

conc

Answer 7

memory is reconstructed based on schemas

Question 8

weak

Answer 8

bartlett used a native american story with british participants, which may have caused confusion on participants as they might lack cultural understanding.